Are You Smarter Than a Food Label?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjFVOZ_ALuM
Ingredients: So What?
Ingredients: Sugar, palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skim milk, reduced minerals whey (milk), lecithin as emulsifier (soy), vanilla, artificial color
Ingredients: Cultured skim milk, cream, chicory root extract, salt, xanthan gum, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, carrageenan, (preservatives), vitamin A palmtate
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Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.
Vary the colors of the vegetables and fruit to get a variety of nutrients.
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Switch to fat-free or low-fat milk.
Get the same amount of calcium and fewer calories and fat.
Try calcium-fortified soy products.
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Make at least half your grains whole.
Choose 100% whole grain cereals, breads, crackers, rice, and pasta.
Check the ingredient list on the package.
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Vary your protein food choices.
Choose seafood twice a week.
Eat beans for fiber and protein.
Choose eggs, soy products, unsalted nuts and seeds.
Keep meat and poultry portions small and lean.
Go for grilled rather than fried.
NUTRITION FACTS
LABEL:
AVOID SOLID FATS
❯Watch your intake of major sources of saturated fats.
❯Choose lean cuts of meats or poultry and fat-free or low-fat milk, yogurt, and cheese.
❯Switch from solid fats to oils when preparing food.
NUTRITION FACTS
LABEL:AVOID SALT (SODIUM)
❯Check the salt (sodium) in foods you buy. Compare foods and choose those with less salt – especially with foods like soup, bread, and frozen meals.
❯Use spices or herbs rather than salt when cooking.
Sugar has many names!
Avoid sodas, sports drinks, and other sugary drinks.
A single 12-ounce can of coke contains 40.5 grams of sugar. That’s nine teaspoons of sugar per can.
Choose water, 100% fruit juice, or fat-free or low-fat milk instead.
anhydrous dextrose brown sugar confectioner’s
powdered sugar
corn syrup corn syrup solids dextrose
fructose high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) honey
invert sugar lactose malt syrup
maltose maple syrup molasses
nectars (e.g., peach nectar, pear
nectar)pancake syrup raw sugar
sucrose sugar organic sugar
Reflect
• What foods surprised you the most?
• Were you surprised by the physical activity it takes to burn calories eaten? If so, which ones?
PUTTING THE NUTRITION PUZZLE TOGETHER
PUTTING THE NUTRITION PUZZLE TOGETHER
PUTTING THE NUTRITION PUZZLE TOGETHER
Be Sure to Get Enough of These
Find out: • what foods provide your
nutrient.• what the nutrient does for the
body.
Be Sure to Get Enough of These
1.potassium 2.dietary fiber 3.calcium
4.vitamin D 5. folic acid 6. iron